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Like most of the Road trip lectures the group was a mix of some more advanced participants and some newer ones. Therefore there is something for everyone.
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Still with my Macan Turbo.
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In Syria, the central government and Kurdish-led Syrian Democratic Council have agreed to form committees for negotiations to end violence in the country.
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It was nearly 40 years ago that as a journalist I began concentrating on nuclear power.
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Research shows how the body senses a range of hot temperatures
Researchers showed that the building blocks, or subunits, of heat-sensitive ion channels can assemble in many different combinations, yielding new types of channels, each capable of detecting a different temperature. The discovery, in cell cultures, demonstrates for the first time that only four genes, each encoding one subunit type, can generate dozens of different heat-sensitive channels.
"Researchers in the past have assumed that because there are only four genes, there are only four heat-sensitive channels, but now we have shown that there are many more," said Jie Zheng, leader of the research and an associate professor of physiology and membrane biology at the UC Davis School of Medicine.
The research publishes in the Journal of Biological Chemistry on March 2.
Ion channels are pores in cell membranes. Their ability to open and close controls the flow of charged ions, which turns neuron signalling on or off -- in this case to inform the body of the temperature the neuron senses.
The researchers found that when different subunits combine, the resultant hybrid, or heteromeric, channel can detect temperatures about midway between what the "parent" channels detect.
One of the channels they studied, called TRPV1, reacts to hot temperatures -- about 100 degrees Fahrenheit. It is also responsible for the ability to sense spicy foods, such as chili peppers. A second channel, TRPV3, responds to temperatures of about 85 degrees. It also senses many food flavors such as those found in rosemary, oregano, vanilla and cinnamon that elicit a warm sensation.
When the TRPV1 and TRPV3 subunits recombine, the heteromeric channel is tuned to about 92 degrees. Surprisingly, the study showed that the hybrid channel has an even higher chemical sensitivity than the channels that made it up.
Zheng and his colleagues also showed that channels made up of TRPV1 and TRPV3 subunits react to heat at a rate about midway between that of the two constituent channel subunits. But repeatedly exposing the hybrid channels to their target temperature boosted their response, a behavior called sensitization, which TRPV3 also exhibits.
"It says 'I remember this temperature. I will make a really loud noise to tell the system that it is coming,'" Zheng said. The process allows the body to be more sensitive to temperature.
By contrast, TRPV1 typically responds the same way when repeatedly exposed to its target temperature -- and sometimes even decreases its response, a process called desensitization. It helps the body to adapt to high temperature, Zheng explained.
The research builds on work the team published in 2007 demonstrating that the heat-sensitive subunits can combine to form heteromeric channels. However, at the time, scientists didn't know how these channels respond to heat. The new work shows that the channels are indeed sensitive to different temperatures.
"Knowing that there are many distinct heat-sensing ion channels now opens the way to understand how neurons encode precise temperature information, an important process that allows us to enjoy the rich spectrum of temperature in life -- a memorable warm handshake, a soothing shower and a cup of hot latte -- and add vanilla flavor, please," Zheng said. "It also may provide insights regarding the causes and potential treatments for temperature-sensitivity disorders, such as Raynaud's syndrome."
Raynaud's syndrome is a condition that causes some areas of the body -- such as fingers, toes, the tip of the nose and ears -- to feel numb and cool in response to cold temperatures or stress. The cause is unknown.
The scientists introduced the genes for TRPV1 and TRPV3 channel subunits to cultured human kidney cells. They tagged the genes with fluorescent markers to confirm when the resulting proteins had combined to form a new channel complex.
Once functional channels were formed, the researchers used a glass pipette with a very fine tip to record ion channels' responses to temperature changes.
In order to rapidly increase the temperature, they built an apparatus that allowed them to deliver an infrared laser beam to the cell. The method allowed them to heat the channel more than a thousand times faster than commercially available heating devices.
Tags: range, Research, senses, shows, temperatures
Scientists save energy by lubricating wood
Scientists at Imperial College London have demonstrated that a key part of biomass processing could be made 80 per cent more energy-efficient by taking advantage of the slippery properties of fluids called ionic solvents. They say this could reduce the cost of biofuels by 3p per litre, around 10% of its current cost.
The efficiency savings can be made during one of the energy-intensive stages of the biomass manufacturing process, when solid timber chunks are turned into a 'soup' of fluids and fine wood particles in an industrial grinder, which works in a similar way to a giant coffee grinder. The discovery paves the way to making the biomass industry greener.
Treating timber with ionic solvents has previously been shown to help processing wood into biofuels and chemicals. While initially this effect was only attributed to the solvents' ability to partially weaken wood's tough, fibrous structure, this new study suggests the energy-savings are predominantly due to the way that these fluids lubricate the wood chips as they go around in the grinder.
Lead author of the study Dr. Agnieszka Brandt, from the Department of Chemistry at Imperial College London, said: "Tree wood is a mine of really valuable chemicals locked up in a safe that we need to unlock before we can use the different components. Breaking down the timber into a fine powder helps us to access these chemicals, but it needs to be an energy-efficient process to make it sustainable. Our previous work showed how the chemical action of ionic solvents improved energy efficiency in the processing, but we were surprised to discover how much more energy could be saved when take advantage of their lubricating physical properties."
'Green' biomass products are often hailed as environmentally friendly alternatives to fossil fuel and its derivatives. Trees such as fast growing species of willow and pine will be an important source of biofuels and basis for manufacturing naturally occurring chemicals like vanillin (a flavoring in the food industry), valuable oils and biomass-derived plastics, such as polystyrenes or polyesters (used for plastic bottles). Scientists are working to ensure biomass lives up to these expectations, assessing and reducing the environmental impact of every part of the product cycle, including the source of its raw materials, how and where they are transported, and what happens to the by-products of the industry.
Research author Tom Welton, Professor of Sustainable Chemistry and Head of Imperial's Department of Chemistry, said: "Sustainable development has been defined by the UN as development to meet the needs of the present generation without compromising the ability of future generations to meet their own needs.
"The alleviation of poverty and improvement of all of our living standards cannot continue without us also ensuring that our planet is in a condition to support these. As our petrochemical resources run out and we need to turn to other places for our energy and materials needs, we have an opportunity to build these new industries in a sustainable way. This is an opportunity that we can't afford to miss."
Provided by Imperial College London (news : web)
Tags: energy, lubricating, Scientists
Benefits of single atoms acting as catalysts in hydrogen-related reactions
Hydrogenation – the addition of hydrogen atoms to an organic compound – is critical to the food, petrochemical and pharmaceutical industries. Hydrogenation requires the presence of a catalyst, usually a metal or an alloy of both precious and common metals, that allows the hydrogen atoms to bind with other molecules. It is difficult to produce alloys that are selective hydrogenation catalysts, able to attach the hydrogen atoms to specific sites of another molecule.
Tufts chemists and chemical engineers reported that when single atoms of palladium, an expensive precious metal, were added to copper, which is much cheaper and readily available, the resulting "single atom alloy" became active and selective for hydrogenation reactions.
This is the first published research to directly relate the arrangement of individual atoms in a metal alloy to their ability to catalyze hydrogenation reactions, according to E. Charles H. Sykes, associate professor of chemistry at Tufts and senior author on the paper. Sykes focuses much of his research on single molecule chemistry.
Industrial processes typically use small clumps of precious metal five to 10 nanometers wide on supports to make a catalyst. The Tufts scientists scattered single atoms of palladium less than half a nanometer wide onto a copper support. With palladium costing about $650 per ounce, the single atom alloy approach offers big cost savings.
"The chemical reactions we're looking at with smaller amounts of palladium use less energy and yield less chemical byproduct waste, hence they're better for the environment," said Sykes. "These reactions are also more cost-effective because we're working with single atoms of precious metals, which is therefore much cheaper than big clusters of the material. Given that hydrogenation reactions are carried out on a scale of millions of tons per year, there is great potential for this new and less expensive type of catalytic surface."
For this research the Tufts team heated very small amounts of palladium to almost 1,000°C. At that temperature individual atoms evaporated and embedded themselves on the copper surface about three inches away.
A scanning tunneling microscope, which records images of objects at the atomic level, enabled the team to see how these single atoms dispersed in the copper and how molecular hydrogen could then dissociate at individual, isolated palladium sites and spill over onto the copper surface layer.
"This is the first time there has been a definitive microscopic picture of the arrangement of atoms that promote a catalytic hydrogenation reaction. This picture is important because the catalytic hydrogenations that we're studying are vital to many industrial processes," added Sykes. "For example, in petroleum refining, catalytic hydrogenations are performed to make light and hydrogen-rich products like gasoline."
Georgios Kyriakou, research assistant professor of chemistry in the School of Arts and Sciences and first author of the paper; Maria Flytzani-Stephanopoulos, the Robert and Marcy Haber Endowed Professor in Energy Sustainability in the School of Engineering; and a joint Ph.D. student, Matthew Boucher, led testing that determined that the single atom alloy was more effective in catalyzing hydrogenation than denser mixtures of palladium and copper. Mass spectrometry showed that the new alloy catalyzed the hydrogenation of both styrene and acetylene with greater than 95% selectivity.
"With the rising cost of precious metals and the increasing scarcity of these metals, learning more about these reactions is encouraging in the search for sustainable global solutions," said Flytzani-Stephanopoulos. "We are looking at how these single-atom alloy catalysts could eventually be used as low-cost alternatives in hydrogenation and dehydrogenation processes for the production of 'green' agricultural chemicals, foods and pharmaceuticals," said Flytzani-Stephanopoulos.
More information: Kyriakou, G., Boucher, M., Jewell, A., Lewis, E., Lawton, T., Baber, A., Tierney, H., Flytzani-Stephanopoulos, M., Sykes, E.C. "Isolated Metal Atom Geometries as a Strategy for Selective Heterogeneous Hydrogenations." Science. Published online and print March 9, 2012. DOI: 10.1126/Science.1215864
Provided by Tufts University
Tags: acting, atoms, benefits, catalysts, hydrogenrelated, reactions, Single
Mobile phone scanner detects harmful bacteria
The scientists published their findings in the latest edition of the Royal Society of Chemistry journal Analyst.
Outbreaks of E. coli pose a huge threat to health, especially in developing countries. Most strains of E. coli are harmless but some strains however, such as enterohaemorrhagic E. coli (EHEC), can cause severe foodborne disease, according to the World Health Organisation. E. coli is transmitted to humans primarily through consumption of contaminated foods, such as raw or undercooked ground meat products, raw milk and contaminated raw vegetables and sprouts.
As existing detection devices are often expensive and complex, an accurate and efficient detection device could be extremely popular. There are more than five billion mobile phones on the planet and 70 per cent of these are in the developing world.
Hongying Zhu and colleagues at the University of California, Los Angeles, developed a device able to take advantage of this technology. Zhu told the RSC's Chemistry World magazine: "Our cell phone based platform would be very useful to bring advanced technologies to remote and resource poor locations" adding that the phone provides "a ubiquitous platform for conducting advanced micro-analysis wherever cell phones work."
The device consists of glass capillary tubes with light emitting diode (LED) lights on either end. E. coli antibodies are fixed to the sides of the capillaries and trap any E. coli present in a liquid sample. Secondary antibodies and quantum dots are then added to the capillaries and these bind to the trapped E. coli, capturing the bacteria in a sandwich complex.
The LED lights excite the quantum dots, causing them to emit fluorescent light. The light emission is captured by the phone camera as pictures of the capillaries are taken approximately once a second.
The team tested the device using water samples and milk and were able to selectively detect low concentrations of E. coli, even in the presence of other bacteria species. Zhu intends to develop the device so one phone could be used to detect different bacteria.
More information: Quantum dot enabled detection of Escherichia coli using a cell-phone, H Zhu, U Sikora and A Ozcan, Analyst, 2012, DOI: 10.1039/c2an35071h
Provided by Royal Society of Chemistry
Tags: bacteria, detects, harmful, mobile, phone, scanner
The gecko walks on sticky pads
Dancing on the ceiling. Lionel Ritchie's smash hit in the eighties. The song's video clip shows him walking upside down on the ceiling. Just an illusion, of course. Flies, however, can do that, like countless other insects. Among the bigger animals, the gecko stands out as an example. It can run upside down effortlessly.
Geckos can do that because of complex structures on their feet, explains Kamperman. These are bundles of tiny hairs each ending in a sort of little flap. Hundreds of thousands of these little flaps stick to every surface by adhesion and without any other material aid. The work is done by so-called Van der Waals forces. Theoretically speaking, anyway. Kamperman says that it is not exactly clear what the mechanism is.
Not that it matters. Kamperman isn't planning to make gecko feet in exact detail. 'That won't be wise. A gecko foot is a very complex organic system. One should focus on the major issues, get to the essence of the design and copy that. This is what I'm doing now.' And this essence lies in the tiny hairs with the flaps.
Kamperman tries to capture this essence in plastic. She describes her first attempts in the latest issue of Acta Biomaterialia. Kamperman's gecko feet is a little plastic sheet (polydimetylsiloxane) covered with countless tiny rods which resemble studs measuring about ten micrometres in diameter. A gecko would not recognize this, but it works.
To a certain extent, that is. Kampermans' gecko skin sticks well to a base of pure silicon. But hardly any surface is as glassy smooth as that. The wheels fall off when the surface is a little rougher. 'So more is needed than just making tiny rods,' she concludes. Kamperman looks for that something extra in a higher resolution in the material: even more tiny rods. Kamperman now tries to attain that higher resolution by, for example, making rods from so-called block copolymers. These are polymers which take on a certain shape through self-assembly. In this case, it is a helix. The result is a surface densely covered with countless spirals, like a cut-open mattress. Being flexible, the spirals can make firm contact and also let go easily again. Eat your heart out, gecko!
Provided by Wageningen University
Tags: gecko, sticky, walks
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Die Kirche Bruder Klaus ist die römisch-katholische Kirche von Eschlikon im Kanton Thurgau. Eschlikon gehört zur Pfarrei Sirnach-Eschlikon.

Entstehungs- und Baugeschichte
Bereits in den 1930er Jahren bestand der Wunsch bei den Eschliker Katholiken, ein eigenes Gotteshaus zu erhalten. 1936 wurde aus diesem Grunde der Kirchbauverein Eschlikon-Wallenwil gegründet. Nach dem Zweiten Weltkrieg wuchs die Zahl der Katholiken in Eschlikon an, sodass das Bauvorhaben für eine eigene Kirche neuen Auftrieb erfuhr. 1947 und 1959 wurde der Boden für die Kirche samt Friedhof erworben. 1959 begannen die Vorarbeiten, und 1962 genehmigte die Kirchgemeindeversammlung den Bau der Bruder-Klaus-Kirche nach Plänen des Architekten Otto Sperisen, der zeitgleich im zürcherischen Urdorf mit seinem Bruder die ebenfalls dem hl. Bruder Klaus gewidmete Kirche Bruder Klaus errichtete. Am 19. Mai 1963 erfolgte die Grundsteinlegung durch Dompropst Gustav Lisibach. Am 14. Juni 1964 weihte der Bischof von Basel, Franziskus von Streng, die Bruder-Klaus-Kirche ein. 1970 wurde ein Saal unter der Kirche eingerichtet, der jedoch bei der Neugestaltung des Untergeschosses in den Jahren 2001–2002 ersetzt wurde. 2006 erfolgte eine Aussensanierung, 2007 wurde das Innere der Kirche renoviert.

Baubeschreibung

Kirchturm und Äusseres
Die Kirche Bruder Klaus befindet sich im Ortszentrum an der Ecke Wiesen- und Hilagstrasse. Der frei stehende Kirchturm besitzt schlicht gestaltete Turmseiten aus Sichtbeton. Auf drei Seiten ist eine Turmuhr angebracht, zwei Seiten besitzen die Schallöffnungen der Glockenstube. Diese sind mit Holzlamellen verkleidet, deren Dreizahl auf die Trinität verweist. Die vier Glocken wurden von Emil Eschmann 1963 gegossen und erklingen in der Tonfolge es, g, b, c. Aussen wie innen ist die Kirche in gemässigt modernem, sachlich-nüchternem Stil gestaltet. Über eine Freitreppe gelangt der Besucher zum Kirchenportal. Auf dem hellen Holz der Türen ist das Christus-Wort zu lesen: «Ich bin die Tür. Wer durch mich hineingeht, wird gerettet werden.» Über der Inschrift ist ein stilisiertes Kreuz dargestellt. Links vom Portal ist der Grundstein angebracht, auf dem das Bruder-Klaus-Rad gezeigt wird.

Innenraum und künstlerische Ausstattung
Der Kirchenraum besitzt einen rechteckigen Grundriss, an den auf der südöstlichen Seite der Altarraum mit gerundeter Chorwand angebaut wurde. Der Altarraum ist durch vier Stufen vom Kirchenraum abgehoben. Durch den Mittelgang schreitet der Besucher direkt auf den Altar und den an der Chorwand dahinter angebrachten Tabernakel zu. Oberhalb des Tabernakels ist ein Kruzifix mit Corpus angebracht.

Die Decke der Kirche ist mit dunklen, quadratischen Holzplatten verkleidet. Zur ursprünglichen Ausstattung der Kirche gehören die Buntglasfenster, die vom Freiburger Künstler Yoki Aebischer im Jahr 1964 gestaltet wurden. Das südliche Fenster zeigt die Visionen des hl. Bruder Klaus. Oben ist das Gottesantlitz dargestellt, im mittleren Bereich sind der Rosenkranz und der Stab des Heiligen zu sehen, im unteren Feld verweisen die Taube und das Schwert auf die Friedensmission des hl. Bruder Klaus. Das zweite Fenster ist beim Marienbildnis angebracht. Dieses zweite Glasfenster zeigt von oben nach unten eine Waage und eine Säge, dann einen Krug samt Becher und ein Brot, unten ist ein Kreuz zu sehen.

Im Altarraum befindet sich der Altar in der Mitte. Er zeigt auf seiner Frontseite den Baum des Lebens samt einem Pfau. Auf der Vorderseite des Ambos, der bei der Kirchensanierung neu platziert wurde, finden sich ein Kreuz sowie eine Schlange, die sich in den Schwanz beisst, was auf die Ewigkeit der christlichen Verheissung verweist. Als Besonderheit befindet sich auf der linken Seite des Altars ein Lesepult, auf dem die Bibel ruht. Auf der Vorderseite des Pultes sind die sieben Siegel zu entdecken, eine Anspielung auf die Offenbarung des Johannes.

Zu den jüngeren Ausstattungsgegenständen gehören zwei Bronzestatuen. Die erste ist beim Kircheneingang angebracht und zeigt den hl. Antonius von Padua, wie er den Armen Brot verteilt. Die zweite Statue zeigt den Patron der Kirche, den hl. Bruder Klaus, wie er die Hände zum Gebet ausbreitet und zum Himmel emporschaut. Aufgestellt ist die Bruder-Klaus-Statue beim Reliquiar auf der Südseite des Raumes.

Orgel
Die Kirche erhielt zunächst eine Interimsorgel von Hans Späth, Rapperswil SG. Dieses Instrument wurde 1975 nach Zuckenriet versetzt. Ihre heutige Orgel bekam die Kirche im Jahr 1975. Gefertigt wurde sie von Eugen Hauser aus Schmerikon. Es handelt sich um ein Instrument mit 19 Registern, das auf einem etwas erhöhten Platz im rückwärtigen Raum der Kirche aufgestellt wurde. Die rechteckigen und quadratischen Formen des Kirchenraumes werden vom Orgelprospekt aufgenommen. Das in Eichenholz gefertigte Gehäuse gruppiert die Register in ein Rückpositiv, ein Haupt- sowie ein Pedalwerk. Bei einer Revision im Jahr 1995 wurden einige Register überarbeitet. Die Disposition lautet:

 Koppeln als Tritte
 Schweifwindladen
 mechanische Trakturen

Literatur
 Angelus Hux, Alexander Troehler: KlangRäume. Kirchen und Orgeln im Thurgau. Frauenfeld 2007.

Weblinks

 Website der Pfarrei
 Glocken auf YouTube

Einzelnachweise

Eschlikon
Eschlikon
Eschlikon
Erbaut in den 1960er Jahren
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'Acing' a Pay Plan: How do you make money?
A company wanted to migrate from a seniority-based salary approach to market-based compensation. Commonwealth HR Consulting's (CHRC's) first action: interviews with top executives to understand how the company went to market, differentiated itself, and made money. We developed a clear understanding of the labor markets in which the client competed for talent. CHRC then selected compensation data from the appropriate labor markets for the correct job matches.
CHRC's analysis revealed that some jobs did not have equivalent matches in published salary surveys. We led the client through "Position Information Questionnaires" (PIQs) to gather data on roles that were not easily defined and for which there were not clear or accurate job descriptions. With this customized approach, we established an internally equitable system anchored in market-based data.
CHRC applied strategic assessment, a collaborative process, and left the company with a market-based compensation plan for equitable and simpler salary administration.
We facilitated a slotting exercise in which senior executives worked together to discuss, understand, and determine the hierarchy within their company. This was a departure from their historic preference for working within silos.


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[2017-07-17 8:52:08 PM] - Scottie Upshall was added to Sabres.
[2017-02-26 7:30:50 PM] - Scottie Upshall was added to Stars.
[2017-02-26 7:30:51 PM] - TRADE : From Capitals to Stars : Paul Martin (73)- Scottie Upshall (71)- Tyson Barrie (62).
[2017-04-05 11:34:33 PM] - Scottie Upshall from Stars has scored a Hat Trick!
[2017-07-07 8:32:56 PM] - Scottie Upshall was added to Kings.
[2017-07-07 8:32:58 PM] - TRADE : From Stars to Kings : Scottie Upshall (71)- Y:10-RND:2-Dal.
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[2017-09-29 6:07:48 PM] - Scottie Upshall was added to Sabres.
[2018-05-29 8:10:13 PM] - Scottie Upshall from Sabres is back from Sore Right Knee Injury.
[2018-05-17 8:53:41 PM] - Game 75 - Scottie Upshall from Sabres is injured (Sore Right Knee) and is out for 1 month.
[2018-05-12 8:36:22 PM] - Scottie Upshall from Sabres has scored a Hat Trick!
[2017-12-22 12:07:41 AM] - Scottie Upshall from Sabres is back from Bruised Right Foot Injury.
[2017-12-19 7:03:41 PM] - Game 368 - Scottie Upshall from Sabres is injured (Bruised Right Foot) and is out for 1 week.
[2017-09-29 6:07:48 PM] - Scottie Upshall signed with Sabres for $1-800-000 for 4 year(s) with $0 in bonus.
[2017-09-29 6:07:48 PM] - Scottie Upshall average salary was modified from $250-000 to $1-800-000.
[2016-08-04 9:11:43 AM] - Scottie Upshall was added to Capitals.
[2015-09-30 23:21:59] - Scottie Upshall was added to Kings.
[2015-07-07 14:47:30] - TRADE : From Kings to Blackhawks : Scottie Upshall (71)- Michel Ouellet (70).
[2015-07-07 14:47:30] - Scottie Upshall was added to Blackhawks.
[2015-07-06 16:30:26] - TRADE : From Panthers to Kings : Scottie Upshall (71)- Y:8-RND:2-Clb.
[2015-07-06 16:30:25] - Scottie Upshall was added to Kings.
[2015-07-06 16:29:07] - TRADE : From Stars to Panthers : Scottie Upshall (71)- Sydney Crosby (77).
[2015-07-06 16:29:06] - Scottie Upshall was added to Panthers.
[2017-04-05 23:34:33] - Scottie Upshall from Stars has scored a Hat Trick!
[2017-02-26 19:30:50] - Scottie Upshall was added to Stars.
[2017-02-26 19:30:51] - TRADE : From Capitals to Stars : Paul Martin (73)- Scottie Upshall (71)- Tyson Barrie (62).
[2016-08-04 09:11:43] - Scottie Upshall was added to Capitals.
[2015-06-22 20:04:24] - Scottie Upshall was added to Stars.
[2014-11-02 20:02:22] - TRADE : From Flyers to Bruins : Blair Betts (68)- Andrei Markov (73)- Ray Emery (75)- Scottie Upshall (72)- Sydney Crosby (78).
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[2014-11-02 20:02:19] - Scottie Upshall was added to Bruins.
[2013-10-21 19:04:15] - Scottie Upshall was added to Flyers.
[2013-10-21 19:04:16] - TRADE : From Bruins to Flyers : Scottie Upshall (70).
[2013-10-21 19:05:13] - Scottie Upshall was added to Flyers.
[2013-10-21 19:05:13] - Scottie Upshall signed with Flyers for 1Â 000Â 000 $ for 4 year(s) with 0 $ in bonus.
[2013-01-19 23:36:36] - Scottie Upshall is back from Bruised Right Leg Injury.
[2013-01-12 01:38:45] - Game 300 - Scottie Upshall from Bruins is injured (Bruised Right Leg) and is out for 2 weeks.
[2013-10-21 19:05:13] - Scottie Upshall signed with Flyers for 1 000 000 $ for 4 year(s) with 0 $ in bonus.
[2011-03-24 20:19:05] - Game 851 - Scottie Upshall from Blackhawks is injured (Bruised Right Arm) and is out for 3 weeks.
[2012-03-28 23:19:01] - Scottie Upshall was added to Kings.
[2012-08-15 22:31:30] - Scottie Upshall was added to Bruins.
[2012-08-15 22:31:31] - TRADE : From Kings to Bruins : Scottie Upshall (67).


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Dinky Toys #783 Petrol Pump Station 'BP'.
The box shown here is for the Dinky Toys #783 Petrol Pump Station 'BP' model.
It is an 'end flap' style box in thicker board that that which Dinky used for smaller 'car-type' boxes.


text:
crim-, crimino-
(Latin: judicial decision, verdict; object of reproach, judgement; legal offense, fault, accusation)
Closely related to the cern- family of "separated, set apart" words.
crime (s) (noun), crimes (pl)
1. An illegal act for which a person can be legally punished by local and national governments: "As far as most citizens were concerned, the punishment of eight years and 100 lashes for the father who beat his daughter to death in an Arab country didn't fit the crime."
2. Behavior which is considered to be foolish or unacceptable: "It is believed by most people to be a crime to let food go to waste."
"When asked why he had never married; Erin, who was 40, said, that being single was not a crime."
3. Etymological or historical background: Crime is one of a wide range of English words which come ultimately from or are related to the Greek verb krinein, "to decide". This was a relative of Latin cernere, "to decide", from whose root evolved the noun crimen, "judgment, accusation, illegal act".
This passed via Old French crimne (later crime) into English, where traces of the original meaning "accusation" survived until the 17th century.
—Based on information from
Word Origins, by John Ayto, Arcade Publishing,
New York, 1990, page 145.
crime victim (s) (noun), crime victims (pl)
Anyone who has been tricked, swindled, robbed, or harmed by another person: "A crime victim is someone who is identified as being a person who has suffered as a result of a perpetrator; such as, a robber, a counterfeiter, a physical attacker, etc."
criminal (s) (noun), criminals (pl)
A person who has committed something dishonest or illegal, and who has been proven guilty of such actions by a court: "The brothers were convicted of robbing at least two banks before they were apprehended by the police."
criminal (adjective), more criminal, most criminal
1. Relating to being involved in an illegal activity or activities: "The psychologists were understand how the criminal mind functions."
"The captain of the wrecked cruise ship has been accused of criminal negligence."
2. A reference to laws which describe crimes instead of those legal acts about a person's rights: "The local criminal justice-system has been accused of mishandling the charges brought against the mayor of the city."
3. Morally wrong: "Many are convinced that it is criminal that congress and the president are doing nothing to stop the shut down of the government!"
criminal anthropology (s) (noun) (usually no plural)
The application of the study of humanity regarding the possible identifications of the physical and psychological characteristics and reasons for illegal activities: The federal agents were focused on using criminal anthropology in order to find out why some cities have so many criminal acts in certain districts or neighborhoods.
criminality (s) (noun), criminalities (pl)
criminate (verb), criminates; criminated; criminating
criminology (s) (noun), criminologies (pl)
1. The study of illegal acts for which anyone can be punished by a government; usually, after a judicial judgement has been made: "The law students were assigned by the professor of criminology to do research to determine if the punishment of certain convicted criminals was adequate or too excessive."
2. Research and understanding of the various aspects of dishonest activities by people and a better comprehension of law enforcement techniques: "Criminology involves multitudes of researches into social environments, kinds of investigations, detections, apprehensions, preventions, resulting punishments for criminal behaviors, etc."
decriminalization (s) (noun), decriminalizations (pl)
A decrease or reduction in the status of certain things being so harshly illegal: "There are some people who want to have a decriminalization of victimless crimes which don't harm other people; such as, private gambling."
decriminalize (verb), decriminalizes; decriminalized; decriminalizing
To reduce or to remove the illegitimate status of certain actions: "There have been many controversial arguments about decriminalizing doctor-assisted suicides; especially, since there are people who are suffering so much and really want to depart from this world."
discriminant (s) (noun), discriminants (pl)
discriminant (adjective), more discriminant, most discriminant
discriminate (verb), discriminates; discriminated; discriminating
1. To treat one person or group worse than others or better than others; usually, because of a prejudice about race, ethnic group, age group, religion, or gender.
2. To pay attention to subtle differences and exercise judgment and taste accordingly.
discriminately (adverb), more discriminately, most discriminately
discriminating (adjective), more discriminating, most discriminating
1. Referring to the ability to identify subtle or very small differences and having an appreciation for good quality or taste.
2. Used to describe tariffs that are set at different rates for different importers.
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Jaime Botin was bornon April 10, 1936 in Madrid, Spain, Spain. Jaime Botin is the largest shareholder of Spanish bank Bankinter S.A. and a member of the most successful banking family in Spanish history. Jaime's great grandfather founded Spain's largest bank, Santander. His grandfather, father, and brother Emilio have all been presidents of the bank. In the late 1990s Jaime served as vice chairman of Santander while his brother was chairman. Jaime left the role in 2004 and continued to increase his stake in Bankinter. He now owns a 24% stake in the bank through his holding company Cartival S.A. Jaime is married with five children. Authorities reportedly seized a $28 million Picasso from his yacht in 2015, contending that he was trying to sell a national treasure abroad. He said he owned it, and it was his right to do whatever he wanted with it. Litigation over the piece continues today.
Botín was born in 1936. His great-grandfather founded the Santander Bank. His Father Emilio Botín (1903–1993) and elder brother Emilio Botín have been chairman of the Santander Group, and following his death in 2014, was succeeded by his daughter (Jaime's niece) Ana Patricia Botín.
He is married to Adela Botín. They have five children. They reside in Madrid, Spain. He is the owner of Head of a Young Woman, a painting by Pablo Picasso. He acquired the Adix yacht from Alan Bond in 1989. In June 2017, he was indicted on charges of trafficking in art, in connection with his alleged attempt to illegally export the Picasso painting.
He served as Vice Chairman of the Santander Bank in the 1990s. He resigned in 2004.


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As Pandemic Rages, Libs Escalate Their War on Hospitals
A tradition unlike any other
Andrew Stiles - December 17, 2020 2:20 PM
Even in the midst of a global pandemic, big-city libs can't quit their fetish for protesting hospitals.
This week, the San Francisco Board of Supervisors voted 10-1 to condemn a major hospital named after Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg, who donated $75 million to the facility in 2015.
Liberals no longer consider Zuckerberg one of the "good billionaires" because many believe it was Facebook, rather than Hillary Clinton's numerous deficiencies as a politician and a human being, that facilitated the election of Donald Trump in 2016. Some are even convinced that Zuckerberg is liable for mass murder.
"San Francisco's only public hospital should not bear the name of a person responsible for endangering public health in our country and around the world—and yet it does," said Gordon Mar, the board member who sponsored the measure. "These are policy choices, and they have a body count."
Like most public expressions of liberal anguish, the vote of condemnation was purely symbolic. It was, however, in keeping with the proud liberal tradition of lashing out at people who donate millions of dollars to hospitals.
From coast to coast, the libs have waged war on donor-funded hospitals. In 2014, libs protested David Koch's record-breaking $100 million donation to New York-Presbyterian Hospital and the planned construction of a new ambulatory-care center named after the late billionaire philanthropist.
When Zuckerberg announced his generous donation to San Francisco General Hospital in 2015, the libs didn't immediately protest. Barack Obama was still the president and had been widely praised for assembling a "dream team" of Silicon Valley engineers and for his masterful use of data gleaned from Facebook to campaign for reelection in 2012.
The protests started in May 2018, well into the Trump era, when hospital nurses started to complain that the Zuckerberg name "scares" patients.
"Had we known what we know now, perhaps we wouldn't have accepted the funds from Zuckerberg," a former San Francisco supervisor told the New York Times.
They haven't backed down, even in the face of a global pandemic that has stretched hospital resources to their limit. Their dedication to the cause of antagonizing hospitals is almost admirable. But not really.
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Q: Why Nestjs not setting cookies in my browser? I'm making an API in Nestjs that is consumed by an application in ReactJs. My problem is in the login route, when I use swagger, the cookie is saved in the browser normally but when I do a fetch from the front end, the cookie is not saved even though the response headers have the cookie.
I already tried to use all the sameSite options, I tried to put credentials include in the fetch but nothing works. If I log in to swagger first, then I try to do it in react, react copies the cookie that is saved in swagger.
For example, if in swagger I log in with user 1, and in react with the user 2, react steals the cookie from user 1 and ignores user 2 response cookie.
Code in react:
    const res = await fetch(`${API_URL}/auth/login`, {
      method: "POST",
      headers: { "Content-type": "application/json", accept: "*/*" },
      // credentials: "include",
      body: JSON.stringify(data),
    });

Main.ts:
    const corsOptions = {
    origin:
      process.env.NODE_ENV === 'development' ||
      process.env.MY_NODE_ENV === 'development'
        ? [process.env.PLATFORM_LOCAL_URL, process.env.LANDING_LOCAL_URL]
        : [process.env.PLATFORM_PROD_URL, process.env.LANDING_PROD_URL],
    credentials: true,
    allowedHeaders: 'Content-Type, Accept, Origin',
    preflightContinue: false,
    methods: 'GET,HEAD,PUT,PATCH,POST,DELETE',
  };

  app.enableCors(corsOptions);
  app.use(helmet());
  app.use(cookieParser());

Login Controller:
    @UseGuards(LocalAuthGuard)
  @Post('auth/login')
  async login(
    @Body() _: MakeAuthDto,
    @Request() req,
    @Res({ passthrough: true }) res,
  ) {
    const access_token = await this.authService.login(req.user);
    const cookiesOpts = {
      httpOnly: true,
      secure: process.env.NODE_ENV === 'production',
      sameSite: 'none',
      path: '/',
      maxAge: 60 * 60 * 24 * 3,
    };
    res.cookie('jwt', access_token, cookiesOpts);
    return {
      response: {
        user: req.user,
        expire: new Date().setDate(new Date().getDate() + 3),
      },
    };
  }

Work on swagger:

After make request from ReactJs, the response cookies has the jwt:

But the cookie are not stored:

A: Looks like you're trying to set a cookie with the swagger editor.
See Note for Swagger UI and Swagger Editor users:

Cookie authentication is currently not supported for "try it out" requests due to browser security restrictions. See this issue for more information. SwaggerHub does not have this limitation.

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Recreating the deepest point on Earth
- Shikha Gianchandani
Scientists from Rome Tor Vergata and ISIS have used the Vesuvio spectrometer to unravel part of the mystery behind the physical and chemical conditions of the Mariana Trench - one of the most extreme environments in the world.
The Mariana trench
Credit: 1840489pavan nd, CC BY-SA 4.0 https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0, via Wikimedia Commons
While we've been successful with space missions to the Moon and climbing expeditions up Mount Everest, fewer people have been able to descend to the deepest point on Earth: 'Challenger Deep' in the Mariana Trench. The name in itself suggests how difficult it is to study the crescent shaped 'scar' that cuts across the ocean floor.
Since 70% of the Earth is engulfed by the oceans, it's not surprising that we're drawn to studying them in the context of marine biology, climate change and so much more. Researchers from Tor Vergata University of Rome, ISIS and ISIS@MACH designed an experiment that enabled them to recreate the conditions of Challenger Deep on the Vesuvio spectrometer at ISIS.
By using deep inelastic neutron scattering (DINS) they were able to measure the kinetic energy of the hydrogen atoms in the water under these conditions. Compared to normal seawater, the water in the trench is at a much higher pressure and holds considerably more salt.
They found that the higher pressure and salinity have competing effects on the mean kinetic energy values of the hydrogen nuclei, with the higher pressure increasing the energy, and the salinity decreasing it. These changes impact the fraction of hydrogen in the water that is found as deuterium.
Understanding the extraordinary conditions in environments like that of the Mariana Trench brings us one step closer to explaining the adaptation of bacteria and other life forms that thrive in high pressure environments. Furthermore, using high energy neutrons to take measurements on ISIS instruments like Vesuvio play a crucial role in pushing forward research that explains the quantum mechanical effect of water.
The full paper can be found here: https://doi.org/10.1063/5.0021926
Earlier news about ISIS@MACH:
https://www.isis.stfc.ac.uk/Pages/ISISatMACH.aspx
https://www.isis.stfc.ac.uk/Pages/A-new-partnership-between-ISIS-and-f.aspx
Contact: Gianchandani, Shikha (STFC,RAL,ISIS)


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Indy 500 Silly Season Update
Panther Enters Carpenter for Indy
Bartender Rumors #8
Swift #66
Confirmed (33)
Andretti Autosport
#7 - Danica Patrick - GoDaddy.com
#11 - Tony Kanaan - 7/11
#26 - Marco Andretti - Venom Energy Drink
#37 - Ryan Hunter-Reay - Izod
#43 - John Andretti - Window World (Richard Petty part car owner)
Team Penske
#3 - Helio Castroneves - Team Penske
#6 - Ryan Briscoe - Team Penske
#12 - Will Power - Verizon Wireless
Target Chip Ganassi Racing
#9 - Scott Dixon - Target
#10 - Dario Franchitti - Target
Sam Schmidt Racing (w/Chip Ganassi)
#99 - Townsend Bell - Herbalife
KV Racing
#5 - Takuma Sato - Lotus
#8 - E.J. Viso - PDVSA/Jet Aviation
#15 - Paul Tracy - Geico
#32 - Mario Moraes - KV Racing
Dale Coyne Racing
#18 - Milka Duno - CITGO
#19 - Alex Lloyd - Boy Scouts of America
Conquest Racing
#34 - Mario Romancini - Ronn Motor Company
#36 - Bertrand Baguette - Royal Automobile Club of Belgium
Sarah Fisher Racing
#66 - Jay Howard - Tire Kingdom
#67 - Sarah Fisher - Dollar General
Luczo Dragon Racing/de Ferran Motorsports
#2 - Raphael Matos - HP
#21 - Davey Hamilton - HP
FAZZT Race Team
#33 - Bruno Junqueira - TBA
#77 - Alex Tagliani - Bowers & Wilkens
Panther Racing
#4 - Dan Wheldon - National Guard
#20 - Ed Carpenter - TBA
A.J. Foyt Enterprises
#14 - Vitor Meira - ABC Supply Co.
HVM Racing
#78 - Simona De Silvestro
Dreyer & Reinbold Racing
#22 - Justin Wilson - Z-Lines Designs
#24 - Mike Conway - Dad's Root Beer
Newman-Haas-Lanigan Racing
#06 - Hideki Mutoh - Panasonic/Formula Dream
Bryan Herta Autosport
#29 - Sebastian Saavedra - TBA
Likely (5)
#41 - Anthony Foyt IV - ABC Supply Co.
#02 - Graham Rahal - TBA
#23 - Ana Beatriz - TBA
Team 3G
#98 - TBA - TBA
#79 - Junior Strous - Shell
With the confirmation that Ed Carpenter will join Dan Wheldon in the Panther Racing stable, the number of confirmed entries hit 33! Therefore, anyone else that confirms to the race will be adding to the magic of bump day this year.
Paul Tracy will most likely make an announcement regarding Indy at Long Beach this coming weekend.
Labels: Indy 500
INDIANAPOLIS, Ind. (April 7, 2010) – Panther Racing announced today it has partnered with Vision Racing and will enter Ed Carpenter in the No. 20 Dallara Honda during next month's 94th Running of the Indianapolis 500 Mile Race. The collaboration between the two IZOD IndyCar Series teams will pair Carpenter with full-time Panther driver Dan Wheldon, pilot of the No. 4 National Guard Panther Racing entry.
"We looked at a lot of opportunities for the Month of May, and as strong as Vision Racing has run the last few years, we felt like partnering with them made a lot of sense for us," John Barnes, CEO and co-owner of Panther Racing, said. "I feel that Ed (Carpenter) is a threat to win at any race he runs, and he's proved that to this league in the last two or three years. His addition to the National Guard team along with Dan Wheldon is going to make our entire team stronger. I honestly hope this isn't a one-and-done deal, and we very much look forward to the opportunity of expanding this and running more IZOD IndyCar Series races together this season."
The partnership is even more special for Barnes, who has been friends with Vision team owner Tony George for over 20 years.
"I am very pleased that we have this opportunity to partner with an excellent organization. This collaboration with Panther Racing will allow two teams that want nothing else but to compete and strive for success in the upcoming Indianapolis 500 the opportunity do so to the best of their abilities," George said. "With this partnership between teams and drivers, we will also be able to maximize the potential of both parties and field what I am sure will be a very formidable two-car effort. There are close personal and professional relationships within our two organizations that should allow us to put forth a cohesive effort we will all be proud of and have high expectations for achieving results."
Six-year IndyCar Series veteran Ed Carpenter will make a return behind the wheel of the No. 20 that he has driven since Vision Racing's inception in 2005. The 29-year-old Indianapolis resident finished the 2009 season by earning his career best finish of second, matched his career best start of fourth, led 35 laps and drove to six top-ten finishes.
"I am very excited not only to be returning to the Indianapolis 500, but also working with Panther Racing," Ed Carpenter, who finished fifth and eighth in the last two runnings of the Indianapolis 500, explained. "John Barnes has been a family friend for a long time, and I very grateful for this opportunity. I feel that with my experience, Vision Racing's experience and Panther Racing's experience and success at Indianapolis that we will be a very competitive duo. It has been very hard watching from the sidelines so far this season, and I am very motivated to compete for my first win."
Panther Racing, who boasts 15 IndyCar Series wins and two league championships, is currently ninth in the championship standings with Wheldon after the first two races of the 2010 season. The team has finished runner-up in each of the last two Indianapolis 500s; in 2008 with Vitor Meira and again last year with Wheldon.
"I believe the addition of Ed Carpenter and Vision Racing to the National Guard Panther Racing group is phenomenal," Wheldon said. "Ed's always been very quick, especially around the Indianapolis Motor Speedway and I'm very much looking forward to being able to have a teammate of his caliber. I know we'll work together well and be able to move the team forward, which will give us both a chance to win the Indianapolis 500. And it's also very positive to have Vision's involvement in the Panther program. I'm excited about being able to use some of their expertise and it's great to see them back on track – they're a team that was very close to their first IZOD IndyCar Series victory in Kentucky last year, and this partnership will get all of us one step close to victory lane."
Vision Racing returns to IZOD IndyCar Series competition for the Indianapolis 500 as a result of this partnership with Panther Racing after suspending racing operations on January, 28, 2010 until such time that sponsorship could be secured.
"It has been an exceptionally long and extended off-season for Vision Racing that has recently had us turning our attention solely to the Indianapolis 500. The challenge of putting together a sponsorship package to enable Vision Racing to run the 2010 IZOD IndyCar Series schedule proved to be much more difficult than anticipated but our intention is to be back competing full-time in the future," George explained. "Taking part in the 2010 Indianapolis 500 has been a priority and while we have yet to solidify a sponsorship lineup for the No. 20 Panther-Vision entry for Indy, we expect to make some sponsorship announcements in the coming weeks."
Labels: Ed Carpenter, Panther Racing
The Bartender is back and has some rumors for all of you to digest once again. Actually, it is more I finally had the time to get out there while he was around, but I finally have done it. I'll try to make this more of a constant thing now that we are in season again.
- Junior Strous should end up at HVM during May as that was the main reason he withdrew from his contract with Moore Racing in the FIL series. HVM offered him a way into the Indycar Series this season, and specifically a ride at Indy.
- He seems pretty damn sure there will be a minimum of forty cars at Indy.
- Even though Vision has been silent, he says they will most likely run ovals this season, and to expect them at Kansas and Indy at a minimum.
- Team 3G's struggles last season is making it difficult to put anything together for this season. He says Indy will probably happen for them though. They managed to pull it off last season, so they should be able to do it this year.
- He says the owners are pushing for multiple chassis' in 2012 or 2013, whenever this finally happens.
- Apparently there are rumors that the IRL is pressuring Milka Duno to get out of the car, at least on road courses. Apparently someone approached her about becoming a team owner and using the CITGO money to run a younger more talented racer.
Alright, that is what I got out of him. Whether you think it is crazy or not, that is what I was told.
I took some flack last time I posted from a couple people so I am simply going to finish this with a disclaimer.
I have no actual connections to any Izod Indycar team members or drivers, I am simply the messenger for this crazy bartender. I'm simply passing this along to others who might enjoy having a good read. These could be true or false, but I don't pretend to know which way they go. If you don't enjoy what is said in these bartender rumors, then you should stop reading them.
Let me know what you guys think about these rumors, feel free to comment.
Labels: CITGO, HVM Racing, Indianapolis 500, Junior Strous, Milka Duno, Team 3G, Vision Racing
I haven't put much talk into the chassis debate coming up as everyone and their mother has beaten the topic to death. However, with the release of Swift's new #66 concept, I felt the need to share with everyone.
This car is freakin' fantastic!
It may be evolutionary as opposed to revolutionary, but boy could I see a bunch of those cars tearing it up at TMS or IMS or Long Beach with the Lola concept and the Dallara concept.
I have absolutely not problem seeing this exact car on track. No modifications whatsoever makes me a happy man with this concept.
If the ICONIC board were to come back to Randy Bernard and say something along the lines of, "Let's allow Swift, Dallara, Lola, and BAT to build their concepts and sell them on the open market", I would be quite alright with that.
I don't think that we should allow multiple chassis' and allow the Delta Wing project to join in with those multiple chassis. I think it would stick out like a sore thumb, and it would just seem wrong having the four evolutions racing against the one revolution.
If this car is able to compete with Lola and Dallara and even BAT (although I hate their design) I'd be quite happy.
What a sexy lookin' car.
Check out more pictures of the car here.
Labels: BAT Project, Cray Inc., Dallara, Delta Wing, Lola, Swift #66, Swift Engineering


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Bitter and dejected, that's how I felt last Friday night. I know I shouldn't be because I know it's none of my friends' fault, but still I couldn't contain the flood that was welling inside. I don't want to sound like I am glorifying myself yet again but I have always did what I could when friends needed me, albeit sometimes reluctantly but most people who know me understands I never begrudge anyone when it comes to rendering assistance. For some reason, last Friday night I just did not feel like I wanted to be alone after finishing work at the gym after 10pm so I started calling up friends in hopes I can at least have some company for dinner. However phone call after phone call left me feeling more and more angst. Calls were not answered or I was simply given a brush off. Maybe I shouldn't use the word "brush off" because technically my friends had no obligation to entertain me anyway at such short notice so they had every right to decline me and certainly no malice were meant. It was Friday night after all.
I think I became desperate enough to call up someone who lived totally out of the way and in a place I was not even familiar with, but of course, the reply was the same. In the end, I just went back to the McDonald's nearby my home and resigned myself to wallow over junk food. By that time, friends who were not answering my calls earlier had started calling back but I was no longer in a mood to talk and explain myself, so I just rejected all the calls. It's not that I was really angry or blaming them for anything.
The experience left me questioning about who I am really. Earlier in the day, a colleague of mine was discussing with me over lunch about the meaning of all our existence. It wasn't about the spiritual aspect, more towards what kind of lives are we all leading. Are we more than the routine we live everyday - wake up, traffic jam, office, work, work, work and more work. In the night, I practically force myself into an exercise routine which is both mixture of work and self-disciplining. Sometimes when I think about it, I feel like I am some kind of pet rodent to some higher being. At the end of the day, what does it all mean? I must admit, I never questioned myself over this other than the fact that I know I am bored with my routine life.
khalel said...
All of us feel that way - rejected and abandoned. Questioning our self worth over a routinary lives as it gets eaten by nights and days...
If you feel like a pet rodent for supreme being, i used feel that i am being played like a marionette to a great puppeteer.
But believe, there is no really a routinary life, for each day and men we meet are new living sermons. Its a struggle to better understand our purpose in life, but i started to understand it by asking the same question you are asking yourself now.
khalel
www.khalelian.blogspot.com
"Stay Blessed, Beautiful and Free"
whiterabbit said...
Hey, you never called me!
OMG ME TOO LOL


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Film Reviews January 12, 2021 February 21, 2021
[Film review] Be careful of what you wish for with WONDER WOMAN 1984
Review by John P. Harvey
The ageless Diana Prince (Gal Gadot) encounters a godly artefact at the Smithsonian in 1984. No ordinary thing, the artefact has the power to grant a wish; and, having lost the love of her life, pilot Steve Trevor, during WWI, Diana now has the chance to return him to life.
Wish-granting as a pastime seems innocuous enough, but the film makes abundantly clear that there shall be no free lunches. Even the story's villain, Maxwell [*cough* Trump *cough* — BOSSMAN SKO] Lord (Pedro Pascal), who spends much of the movie granting wishes, reaches desperation point when his actions are about to rebound catastrophically on him.
Though it leaves a couple of loose ends and might have been enriched by more detail, the film's plot supports willing suspension of disbelief and delivers a story with reasonable tension and emotional drama. Fine acting brings that drama to life with the assistance of a score by Hans Zimmer, a remarkable work in its own right that repays close listening. Special effects are handled well and don't overpower the live action.
The movie's most visually remarkable scenes arguably appear at the start, when we revisit Diana's Amazon childhood on the island of Themyscira. The opening sequence's purpose is evidently to establish the theme that the film brings home to us throughout. It's a theme the Amazons call Truth (but in reality is closer to legitimacy or authenticity), and it's one worthy of special mention in today's quick-techno-fix world, even if audiences outside the States don't need it sprinkled on quite so liberally.
The film's director, Patty Jenkins, could have made more of the resources the earlier Wonder Woman (which Jenkins also directed) created; for instance, using Diana's gift for languages to draw illuminating connections between words in present-day languages and the artefact's Latin inscription. Enriching the story's meanings and believability thereby would also have enriched its connection with the earlier film. But it's a joyride even so, and leaves the viewer wondering, as any fantasy should, what may be possible.
Screening at Palace, Dendy, and Hoyts cinemas.
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Filed under: Dendy Canberra, Film, Gal Gadot, Hoyts, movie, Palace Cinemas Canberra, Palace Electric, Review, reviews, Wonder Woman, Wonder Woman 1984
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To aid the county board of corrections in accomplishing the purposes of sections 23-1723 and 23-2801 to 23-2806, there is hereby established the division of corrections under the jurisdiction of the board. The administrative officer of the division shall be the director of corrections, who shall be qualified by education, training, and experience to perform the duties of such position.
Laws 1984, LB 394, § 5.


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Patrick Abele, assistant superintendent of Chapel Hill-Carrboro City Schools speaks at a meeting on Friday, Jan. 17, 2020. The Orange County Schools Board of Education met with CHCCS to discuss pre-K and school building maintenance.
By Victoria Johnson
Adding three new pre-K classrooms was proposed during a joint meeting of the Orange County and Chapel Hill-Carrboro Schools Board on Jan. 17, which would lower the gap between enrolled students and the waiting list and provide for early exposure to the classroom. Board members believe school enrollment at an early age is vital for successful young students.
Cartoon: Falling
The medics of the sky: how Carolina Air Care transports critical patients
The Daily Tar Heel tags stories to make it easier for you to find our more about topics you care about. Consider it a Wikipedia for all things UNC.
Meet the UNC students working on Democratic presidential campaigns
By Emily Orland
With the Democratic primary season in full swing and the 2020 presidential election quickly approaching, hear from some UNC students on what compelled them to take their political participation to the next level and volunteer for the campaigns of their preferred candidates.
Carrboro celebrates the opening of Martin Luther King Jr. Park
By Suzannah Claire Perry
"He's not a hero for some of the community, he's not my hero because I'm an African-American, he's not the hero of women because he heralded women's rights, he's not the hero of the immigrant because he fought for their rights," Richards said. "He's not the hero of soldiers or those who would do war because he fought for peace. He is the hero of all of us."
By Ryan Heller
"The next step for this group is to come out from the start and use their toughness as an advantage, not as a savior," Banghart said. A late run in the fourth quarter by the UNC women's basketball team fell short against No. 5 Louisville after the Tar Heels suffered an early-game deficit.
North Carolina is no longer trying 16-year-olds as adults. Here's what that means.
By Kayleigh Carpenter
North Carolina is officially the last state to adopt the Raise the Age law, but what does the law entail?
Politicans and community members gather to honor Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.
"One of the key parts of his message is that we are called to be our brothers' and sisters' keepers — that we have an obligation in our short time here on earth to serve each other and to be mindful of what it means to look after our neighbors," Cunningham said.
Faculty Council met in the midst of a budget impasse and lasting Silent Sam concerns
By Maeve Sheehey
January's Faculty Council meeting featured discussions about the new Commission on History, Race and a Way Forward, Carolina Next: Innovation for Public Good and budget issues.
By Allie Kelly
UNC campus community members called on the Lawyers' Committee for Civil Rights Under Law to take legal action against the Board of Governors' $2.5 million settlement over Silent Sam.
From the '60s to today, UNC continues growing its relationship with NASA
By Anna Southwell
UNC has had a strong relationship with NASA for over 50 years. Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin trained at Morehead Planetarium before embarking on the Apollo 11 mission, and now, the University still provides valuable research, education, experts and more to NASA. One of these experts is Dr. Stephan Moll, a UNC blood research expert who helped NASA flight surgeons treat an astronaut who had a blood clot in space. NASA also shows substantial interest in connecting with UNC students, and the relationship between the agency and the University is continuing to grow.
By Madeline Coleman
After a Cinderella run to the NCAA semifinals in the 2019 spring season, the North Carolina men's tennis team opened at No. 4 in the 2020 preseason polls. Here's what to expect from the Tar Heels this season.
Start the new year right with this gallery's Resolutions 2020 exhibit
By Megan Missey
Over 100 artists applied to join Hillsborough Gallery of Arts' new gallery, Resolutions 2020. The 36 winning artists' work, ranging from paintings to brick sculptures, will be on display until Jan. 25.
Election precinct changes could make voting on campus easier this year
By Addison Skigen
Recent measures to make student One Cards valid voter IDs and to add a super precinct could impact student voter turnout in the upcoming election.
'This is an open book': Rolling African American history museum stops in Chapel Hill
"I think it is important because to understand why discrimination and racial injustice persists, we need to understand the depths of the exploitation that took place three to 400 years ago until now and understand as well how resilient we are to have survived with this much exploitation and brutality," Hamilton said.
'A great day at the office': UNC men's tennis sweeps Wofford during opening weekend
Led by four seniors, the North Carolina men's tennis team features the largest graduating class since the 2015-16 season. That leadership and experience has helped the Tar Heels get off to a strong 2-0 start to open the spring season.
ArtsCenter reveals cutting-edge plans for largest gift in organization's history
By Patrick Weeks
"The current space has served us well, but it's a 1960s grocery store that was converted into a performance space in the '80s. This is a new-purpose-built ArtsCenter that is a great opportunity for everyone, and will serve a lot of different needs."
'The sky's the limit': Meet the student costume designers at UNC
By Elizabeth Sills
From the initial analysis of a character's personality to last minute fittings, UNC's student costume designers work tirelessly to bring plays to life for multiple theater companies.
By Matt Chilson
The North Carolina basketball team (8-9, 1-5 ACC) dropped its fourth game in a row this season and fell to Pittsburgh (12-6, 3-4 ACC) on Saturday, 66-52. Here are three quick takeaways from UNC's loss.